Check Out/In blocks

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Get the latest data from the COS server, check out available data, save your local changes to the COS server, and check in data you have worked on. These operations are only available in COS (distributed) projects.

Note: The buttons are enabled or disabled according to your selections; operations allowed for at least one of the selected data are enabled. If you select more than one item, the selected operation will only be performed to the data for which it is allowed. For example, if you select a block that is checked out to another site and a block that is not checked out and then click Check Out, only the second block is checked out.

Show/hide Check Out/In dialog and column descriptions

Data set – Shows available block groups, blocks, hull line range subsets and the Plantek application. When the dialog is opened from System Management, also shows Hull norms, Hull shape and Hull Project General.

Note: Clicking an item highlights it. However, data is considered selected only when there is a check mark in the respective check box. You can select individual items and clear individual selections by clicking the respective check boxes, double-clicking the desired item, or clicking the desired item and pressing the Space key.

Data state – Shows the state of data apart from Plantek as follows:

Not in COS – The object has been created on the COS server, but data has never been saved.
Absent – Data is present only on the COS server and not locally.
Absent and Not in COS – Data has not been saved to the COS server, and it is also absent locally at the current site. No operations can be performed at the site until the owner site saves the data, after which a get can be done.
Up-to-date – There is no new data on the COS server. There could still be local changes, requiring to be saved.
Out-of-date – There is new data on the COS server.
Work in Progress – The object is checked out to the current site, and the site owns the object. Thus, the COS state is no longer relevant because other sites cannot work on the data. However, if the object is not in COS or it is absent, the respective state will be shown instead of Work in Progress.
Unknown – An unexpected error prevents determining the state.

For Plantek, the data states are as follows:

Local changes – There are local changes in the planteksymbols directory that need to be saved to the COS server.
Remote changes: There are changes at other sites that need to be downloaded from the COS server.
Local and remote changes – In addition to local changes that need to be saved to the COS server, there are also changes at other sites that need to be downloaded from the server.
Up-to-date: There are no local changes nor changes on the COS server.

Checked out – Shows which site has checked out the data. If the data is not checked out, shows No.

Description – Shows a description for data.

Select/ Deselect all – Select all data or clear the selection for all data in the tree structure. You can select individual items and clear individual selections by clicking the respective check boxes, double-clicking the desired item, or clicking the item and pressing the Space key.

Information – Show information about the highlighted data. The information dialog shows whether an operation was successful or not, and possible errors and warnings are also shown.

Get – Update your local data with the latest changes from the COS server. You have to exit from the block before getting the data.

Note: During a Get operation the following subfolders of the block folder are cleared before getting data from COS: 2d, 3d, 3dshow, shell, cgf and sheets.
This means that files that were locally added in any of these folders will be deleted when getting data from COS. Locally added files anywhere else in the block folder will not be touched.

Get construction – Update your local construction data, welds and the Work Breakdown Structure with the latest changes from the COS server, without getting all the block data. This operation is enabled only when you have selected a block. You have to exit from the block before getting the data.

Tip: Getting the construction data is faster than getting all block data.

Check out – Check out the selected data, and update your local data with the latest changes from the COS server. You have to exit from the block before checking out data. This operation sets a lock on the selected objects preventing changes at other sites.

Check Out Without Get – Check out the selected data without updating your local data with the latest changes from the COS server. You have to exit from the block before checking out data. This operation is enabled only when the dialog is opened from System Management.

Cancel Check Out – Release the lock set by a previous checkout, without saving the local changes to the COS server. You have to exit from the block before canceling checkout. This operation is enabled only when the dialog is opened from System Management.

Save – Save your local changes to the COS server. This operation is enabled whenever the data is checked out to your site. You have to exit from the block before saving. After saving, other sites can see your changes but the objects are locked until you check them in.

If you have selected a block and any CGF files are missing or outdated, they will be recalculated. In this case, the Model creation dialog opens showing you the progress of the operation. If you cancel the operation, saving will be aborted.

Save construction – Save your local construction changes, welds and the Work Breakdown Structure to the COS server, without saving all block data. This operation is available only when you have selected a block checked out to your site. You have to exit from the block before saving. After saving, other sites can see your changes but the objects are locked until you check them in.

Important: The data will be available in Plant Modeller after saving. However, to have the Work Breakdown Structure and custom attributes available, you need to send the settings to Outfitting beforehand. See Send Settings.

Tip: Saving the construction is faster than saving the whole block.

Check in – Save your local changes to the COS server and release the lock. After checking in, other sites can do a checkout on the data and change it.

Refresh – Refresh the whole tree structure. Alternatively, press F5. You can use refresh to see the progress of an action being processed, for example.

Show predefined blocks – Show or hide predefined blocks. This option is selected by default when the dialog is opened from System Management.

Also see Check out and check in operations in User's Guides and Check out and check in operations in Administrator's Guides.